Broken Roads News

Join us as Drop Bear Bytes' team of fantastic artists show off and discuss their work on Broken Roads!

From concepts through to environment art, level design and 3D models, plus a bit of VFX for good measure, we'll be doing a show and tell on Monday 4 October 2021 at the following time:



7:00pm AEST (Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra...)
4:00pm AWST (Perth, Geraldton, Broome...)
10:00am CEST (Amsterdam, Berlin, Cape Town, Madrid, Rome, Stockholm, Warsaw...)
9:00am BST (London...)
04:00am ET (Atlanta, New York, Ontario, Quebec...)
01:00am PDT (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Tijuana...)


And please join us on Discord in the meantime (and to participate in the AMA): https://discord.gg/W9UZzrk

Thanks - catch you on the weekend.
- The team at Drop Bear Bytes

G'day all!

We're going to be hosting an livestream this weekend where we'll be playing through some early-game content of Broken Roads!

This is all part of the Melbourne International Games Week Steam Event, where we're also doing an AMA and an art stream.



You can catch the livestream at the following times:

Saturday 2 October - 5:00pm PDT
Saturday 2 October - 1:00am BST
Sunday 3 October - 10am AEST

Join us on Discord in the meantime (and to participate in the AMA): https://discord.gg/W9UZzrk

Thanks - catch you on the weekend.
- The team at Drop Bear Bytes

Broken Roads' Game Director (Craig), Art Director (Kerst) and Audio Lead (Tim) will be live on Steam and Discord to answer your questions and queries!

Ever wondered why Western Australia? How many camels are there in the outback? Just who is this Mad Max guy anyway? Or perhaps you are curious about the airspeed of an unladen African swallow - come along, post some questions, get some answers!



[h2]The AMA will be happening:[/h2]

10:00am, Saturday 2 October AEST (Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra...)
8:00am, Saturday 2 October AWST (Perth, Geraldton, Broome...)
2:00am, Saturday 2 October CEST (Amsterdam, Berlin, Cape Town, Madrid, Rome, Stockholm, Warsaw...)
1:00am, Saturday 2 October BST (London)
8:00pm, Friday 1 October ET (Atlanta, Detroit, New York, Ontario, Quebec...)
5:00pm, Friday 1 October PDT (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Tijuana)

Come say hi on Discord in the meantime (and to participate in the AMA): https://discord.gg/W9UZzrk

Thanks - catch you on the weekend.
- The team at Drop Bear Bytes

The wastelands of post-apocalyptic Western Australia reveal their stories in Drop Bear Bytes’ emotive and branching isometric role-playing game coming to Steam and console platforms in 2022!

[h3]Have a squiz at our post-apocalyptic Land Down Under:[/h3]
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We are delighted to confirm the development of Broken Roads alongside Drop Bear Bytes, an original and narrative-rich, isometric, turn-based role-playing game set in an unforgiving, post-apocalyptic Western Australia. Scheduled to launch on Steam in 2022, Broken Roads presents a post-apocalypse with real-world locations and landmarks serving as the backdrop for the complex stories of Australia’s survivors.

Kokeby Waystation – Wherever you’re from and wherever you’re going, you’ll find it all here.

At the heart of Broken Roads’ thoughtful and mature storylines is a deep and meaningful morality system – the Moral Compass – that influences quests, dialogue, and character development. The system is shaped along four different philosophical paths: Humanist, Utilitarian, Machiavellian, and Nihilist, each with their own unique traits. As the journey begins, players will be asked a series of questions – moral quandaries – that determine their starting position on the compass. Decisions made throughout the game will then shift their philosophical leaning and affect future choices, quests, and reactions from the people they meet.

Embarking on the wreckage, something isn’t right here… Planes haven’t flown here since Before.
Broken Roads’ unique morality system is based on four areas of moral philosophy: Utilitarianism, Nihilism, Machiavellianism and Humanism.

• Deep and compelling: Broken Roads builds on classic single-player role-playing games, blending traditional gameplay with original mechanics and experiences
  
• Moral Compass: A unique system that influences both story and gameplay as the plot unfolds
  
• Authentic setting: Explore real-world locations across a post-apocalyptic Western Australia filled with intriguing and emotional stories
  
• Unique visual and musical styles: Hand-drawn visuals and a soundtrack composed with instruments constructed from everyday objects help make the world of Broken Roads vibrant and alive
  

Welcome to Brookton Pub — the main socialising place in town; a popular gathering spot in the evenings!


Sid Thompson, a wasteland scavenger and fuel merchant


[h3]Broken Roads is now available to Wishlist![/h3]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/

To keep up to date with all the information on Broken Roads please the official Broken Roads Twitter, and join us on the official Discord server.

Hey everyone,

We wanted to give a quick progress update on one of our favourite scenes from early in the Broken Roads adventure: Kokeby Waystation.

This trading hub brings together people from all the nearby settlements, as well as the odd scavenger or water merchant who wanders in from further afield. If you start the game as a member of a Barter Crew, you’ll begin your origin story here, but all characters will be able to visit Kokeby at some time or another.

In late 2019 when we first revealed Broken Roads, Kokeby Waystation was one of the locations we showed off in our earliest videos and screenshots:



The art team have been hard at work on bringing our environments to life better than ever before, and we’re incredibly proud of the progress made since then.


October 2019 vs July 2021

We hope you enjoy this glimpse of things to come.
- The team at Drop Bear Bytes